Re: Tegger's 'Teg needs a cat...

"Mark G." <anon40629@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:1210259142.556124
@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Tegger" <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I did. What scares me is that most people don't take care of
their
>> cars, and poor maintenance does drastic and horrible damage to cats.
I'd
>> hate to buy a used cat off a car whose owner ran the same plug wires
for
>> ten years, or ran out of gas a few times.
> 
> Ok, I'll bite. Why shouldn't I be running ten-year-old plug wires?



Because the insulation breaks down and leaks HT current, leading to weak 
spark.

Weak spark causes excess HCs to reach the cat, overheating it to the point

of "sintering". Sintering is where the cotton candy-like surface of the 
cat's element begins melting and blobbing, greatly reducing its effective 
surface area, capacity and life.




-- 
Tegger

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